"pufferfish" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: pufferfish [plural], pufferfishes [plural]
Etymology: puffer + fish Etymology templates: {{compound|en|puffer|fish}} puffer + fish Head templates: {{en-noun|~|pufferfish|+}} pufferfish (countable and uncountable, plural pufferfish or pufferfishes)
  1. Any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe several times their normal size by swallowing water or air when threatened; puffer, blowfish, swellfish, balloonfish, globefish. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Foods Categories (lifeform): Tetraodontiforms
    Sense id: en-pufferfish-en-noun-5Dnbx6c1 Disambiguation of Foods: 51 49 Disambiguation of Tetraodontiforms: 56 44 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 56 44
  2. (uncountable) The meat of these fish, a delicacy popular in Japan served raw as sushi that may, if improperly prepared, contain deadly levels of neurotoxins; (Japanese) fugu. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Foods Translations (a delicacy popular in Japan): 河豚 (hétún) (Chinese Mandarin), kuglefisk (Danish), kogelvis [masculine] (Dutch), pallokala (Finnish), siilikala (Finnish), fugu (Finnish), Kugelfisch [masculine] (German), pesce palla [masculine] (Italian), フグ (fugu) (Japanese), 河豚 (fugu) (Japanese), (fugu) (Japanese), kōpūtōtara (Maori), niicháadii (Navajo), najeżka [feminine] (Polish), fugu [masculine] (Portuguese), фу́гу (fúgu) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-pufferfish-en-noun-hkoVZdXL Disambiguation of Foods: 51 49 Disambiguation of 'a delicacy popular in Japan': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: balloonfish [fish, ichthyology, zoology, biology, natural-sciences], blowfish [fish, ichthyology, zoology, biology, natural-sciences], globefish [fish, ichthyology, zoology, biology, natural-sciences], puffer [fish, ichthyology, zoology, biology, natural-sciences], swellfish [fish, ichthyology, zoology, biology, natural-sciences] Synonyms (dish): fugu
Disambiguation of 'dish': 0 0

Inflected forms

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